Solenodon paradoxus

Solenodon paradoxus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Solenodontidae
Genus: Solenodon
Species: Solenodon paradoxus
Subspecies (3): S. p. haitiensis – S. p. paradoxus – S. p. woodi

Name

Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, 1833: 459

• Holotype: ZISP S. 982, subadult ♂, skin and skull, obtained by Jaegerus in 1828.
• Type locality: “Insula Hispaniola”.

References

Primary references

• Brandt, J.F. 1833. De solenodonte. Novo mammalium insectivorum genere. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de St. Petersbourg 6(2): 459–478. BHL

Additional references

• Roca, A.L., Bar-Gal, G.K., Eizirik, E., Helgen, K.M., Maria, R., Springer, M.S., O’Brien, S.J. & Murphy, W.J. 2004. Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores. Nature 429(6992): 649–651. DOI: 10.1038/nature02597 Reference page. 
• Turvey, S.T., Peters, S., Brace, S., Young, R.P., Crumpton, N., Hansford, J., Nuñez-Miño, J.M., King, G., Tsalikidis, K., Ottenwalder, J.A., Timpson, A., Funk, S.M., Brocca, J.L., Thomas, M.G. & Barnes, I. 2016. Independent evolutionary histories in allopatric populations of a threatened Caribbean land mammal. Diversity and Distributions 22(5): 589–602. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12420 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Hispaniolan Solenodon
magyar: hispaniolai patkányvakond
polski: Almik haitański

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